POKRZYWNICKIANA
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A site dedicated to researching
szlachta families of the name Pokrzywnicki, especially the
von Pokrzywnicki (since 1775 also: von Bock) family that came
to East Prussia in about 1650. |
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If you have any questions,
corrections or addenda, please do contact the author, Nikolai von Pock (olim
Pokrzywnicki), at: pokrzywnickiana@yahoo.de (in English, auf Deutsch, en français) |
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h. Jastrzębiec > coat of arms
in Prussia |
last revision:
June 27, 2004 |
One can see here that the Prussian family Pokrzywnicki (Bock) is a branch of the Mazovian Pokrzywnicki h. Jastrzembiec family (for the latter cf. Uruski, Seweryn hr.: Rodzina – Herbarz szlachty polskiej. Warszawa 1904-38; vol. 14 (1917) pp. 177-178).
The seals depicted here were all found as wax impressions on archived
treaties or testaments of the persons mentioned with them. They show that
the Prussian Pokrzywnicki changed their coat of arms in the 18th century
to a form that has later been identified either as “Slepowron odmiana herb”
(i.e. a variation of the coat of arms Slepowron) or as (a variation of)
the coat of arms Lubicz.
My argument for Jastrzembiec to be the original coat of arms of this family clearly depends on Stanislaus Pokrzywnicki being right in using it. I would think that the probability of him knowing his family’s historically correct coat of arms is higher than that of the other individuals, for he lived earlier and in closer contact to the family’s Polish roots.
The correct Polish writing for the names of the coats of arms is:
The wax impressions of seals I found show the following
coats of arms:
Picture & identification by Polish name | Year | Seal used by |
![]() coat of arms Jastrzembiec |
1718 | Stanislaus de Pokrzywnicki (1665-1735), Royal Polish Lieutenant |
![]() „Slepowron odmiana herb“ – variation of coat of arms Slepowron |
1810 | Johann Michael von Bock (1742-1812), Royal Prussian major general |
![]() „Slepowron odmiana herb“ |
1801 | Adam von Bock (1752-1810), Royal Prussian major |
![]() „Slepowron odmiana herb“ |
1805
c.1800 |
Franz von Bock und Pokrzywnicki (1750-1830), Royal
Prussian major
Two seals of the 18th century earlier in the possession of Paul Bock von Pokrzywnicki (1856-1928), probably from his grandfather Johann Andreas von Pokrzywnicki (1766-1831)
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Here is how those persons are related: